Spring 2024 Concert: “American Landscapes”
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December 2023 Concert: “The Ballad of the Brown King” by Margaret Bonds
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Spring 2023 Concert: “The Creation” by Franz Josef Haydn
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Part two |
Enjoy our Winter 2022 Concert
Carol of the Bells – Leontovich/arr.Wilhousky |
Cantata #140 “Wachet auf (Sleepers, wake!) – J.S. Bach | Chamber Ensemble: Rock of Ages fantasias – arr. Michael Hopkins Christmas Oratorio – Arcangelo Corelli ) (Concerto grosso Op. 6 – mvts. 3,4, and 5) |
Enjoy our Spring 2022 Concert The Wound in the Water.
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Wellerman, Rolling Down to Old Maui, Bound to the Wave | I’Se the B’y, Let the River Run | ||||||
Portsmouth Pro Musica String Orchestra: From the Planets (Gustav Holst) Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter | The Wound in the Water (Kim Andre Arnesen) Brigette Dumont, soprano | ||||||
Prayer for Ukraine Friday, March 18, 2022, Christ Church, Exeter NH |
The World Beloved – A Bluegrass Mass
The World Beloved – A Bluegrass Mass by Carol Barnett, accompanied by a five-piece bluegrass band (fiddle, mandolin, guitar, string bass, and banjo) of local musicians. This innovative piece blends the solemnity of the classical-based Mass with modern choral sophistication and insightful poetry. The Mass premiered in 2007 and has been performed over 60 times […]
A German Requiem – Brahms (2018)
Brahms, A German Requiem (1868) – One of the most beloved choral masterpieces performed 150 years after its premiere. PPM Chorus and orchestra with soloists Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone and Erin Smith, soprano
Selections from the Portsmouth Womens Chorus
Portsmouth Womens Chorus featuring selections from 1998-2005 Songs of Joy – Celebrating 20 years. April 2005 View the whole PWC concert. American Music and Movement – April 2004 PWC Tour – England 1998
Elijah – April 2014
Portsmouth Pro Musica performs Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah: An Oratorio [April, 2014] Priscilla Stevens French, Artistic Director Robert Littlefield, Accompanist Bradford Gleim, as “Elijah” Katy Fickenwirth as “The Widow” Marya Danihel, as “The Angel” Richard Longley as “Ahab & Odadiah” Evie Houston as “The Youth”
Direct links to PPM Youtube channel
MASTERWORKS
- BRAHMS: “A German Requiem”
- BERNSTEIN: “Chichester Psalms”
- MENDELSSOHN: “Elijah”
- BARNETT: “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass “
ALSO….
- 2015 TOUR REPERTOIRE
- December 2014 – Bach, “Wachet auf ” from Cantata #140
- December 2016 – Poulenc, “Gloria”
- April 2009 – Purcell, “Dido and Aeneas”
- April 2017 – Beethoven, 9th Symphony “IV. Finale”, with Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra